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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

10,000 Birds

The 26 essays in When Birds Are Near are all about the real-life and emotional spaces where people overlap with birds. Some of these essays have been published before, mostly in literary magazines or limited distribution publications. The essays range widely in place, bird, and voice, though the emphasis is on the North American.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

wrote a lengthy article in Outside magazine (Jan. He interviews breeders about rumors of raptor trafficking and egg smuggling, activities that have supposedly been stopped. 2019), and now this book. He describes how white Gyrfalcons are prized for their beauty and power. And, it’s here where that story ends.

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